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UNITED STATES ATENT Eric.

GEORGE ARTHUR GOODSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE GOODSON TYPE CASTING AND SETTING MACIIINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

(COMPOSING-MACHINE FOR TYPE CASTING AND SETTlN G MACHINES.

srnoxr on'rxon forming part of Letters Patent t. 605,954, dated. June 21, 1898.

Application filed January 25, 1897. Serial no. 620,612. on model.)

.To all whom, it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE ARTHUR Goon- SON, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Composing-Machines for Type Casting and Setting Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved strip-feeding device as part of a perforator for preparing a representative punctured strip that is subsequently used to control the actions of a type casting and setting machine.

My present invention is especially designed as an improvement over the feed devices disclosed in my pending application, Serial No. 493,115,1EiledDecember8, 1893, entitled Composing-machine for type casting and setting machines. I

Although my invention is especially designed for the purpose above'named, the same may be capable of use in other applications wherein the same functions are required.

To the ends above noted my invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described,-and defined in the claims. I

The invention is illustrated in the acoompanying drawings, wherein, like notations reupper part of the machine, with some portions broken away, for better illustrating the construction, with the parts in the same position as shown in Fig. 1. .Figf l isa vertical section through the machine on the line no a of Fig. 2, with some parts broken away and others shown in elevation, the movable mem ber of the feed device and the feed-hole punch and its plunger being shown in their lowermost position. Figs. 5 and 5 are respectively a rear elevation and a vertical section showing the feed devices in their normal po sition or as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Figs. 6 and 6 are corresponding views in rear elevation and vertical section, showing the same parts as they would appear afterthe feedhole plunger had made a part of it's clownward stroke, but before it had begun to move the feed-disk away from the strip. Figs. 7 and 7 are corresponding views in rear elevation and vertical section, showing the same parts as they would appear at the limit of the punch-plungers downward stroke; and Fig. 8 is a plan view of a part of a representative punctured strip as it is delivered from this machine.

As in my pending application above identified a narrow strip of paper a, similar to ticker-paper, is fed through a suitable stripguide I) andis there subject to a series of punches c for making holes therein to represent the line of composition, and to a punch ffor making a series of holes along one margin of the strip, adapted for use in feeding the strip on the type casting and setting machine. The series of punches c are carried by armature-levers c, which are subject to springs c and magnets 0 The magnets o are energized through electrical connections (not shown) under the control of an ordinary type-writing machine. (Not shown.) The feed-hole punchf is carried by a part f, secured to a plunger-head f The plungerhead f is connected by stem f to an armature-lever f, which is subject to a spring f and a magnet f. The tension of spring f may be variedby collar ffladj ustably mounted on the guide-rod f The spring f tends to throw the feed-hole-punch plunger into its uppermost position. The magnet f, .i s on a common return branch of the electric circuit having connections to the magnets 0 Hence whenever any one of the magnets c are energized the magnet f is also energized. The plunger f and the part f carried thereby are suitably guided on a head-block or bracket g, fixed to the main frame 9 of the'machine. The strip-guide Z) is also fixed to the block or bracket g. \Vhen passing through the guide I), the strip a is also subject to a feeding device, shown' as composed of a resistanceroller h and a segmental friction-disk h, between which the strip passes. The roller h is loosely or rotatively journaledto the frameblock g, with the roller working through a slot in the top plate of the strip-guide. The friction-disk 71. works up through a slot in the bottom plate of said guide Z2 and is pivoted to a carrier 7L2, which is mounted for vertical sliding movement on the block g, directly inward of the plunger f The journal of the disk It extends through the head of the carrier 7L2 and is provided with an arm 7L3, which plays between a pair of adjustable stops 7L. The disk h is subject to a light spring h, shown as applied to the arm 7L3, which spring tends to rock the disk h backward in the line of feed. The head of the disk carrier 72. is shown as of segmental form in cross-section and is mounted for a limited up-and-down movement in a seat h, cut in theblock g. The downwardly-adjustable flat or body portion of the carrier 7L2 works in a suitable vertical guideway cut in the block 9 and is provided with a pair of outturned lugs 7L7, which embrace the plunger-stem f elirectly below the plunger f and are subject to a spring h of greater tension than the spring h, which spring 7L8 tends to hold the carrier h2 at the limit of its upward movement. The spring 7L5 is of such light tension, as compared with the spring 72 that the friction-disk it will not be moved by said spring its on the downward movement of the plungerf and arm f until after the carrier 7L2 has been engaged and moved downward, so as to release the pressure on the strip a. The plunger f receives a longer stroke than is permitted to the carrier 7L2. Near the limit of the downward stroke of the plunger f the lower end of the same engages with the lugs 7L7 on the carrier 7L2 and moves the said carrier h and the feed-disk 7r downward therewith. wardly-extended arm f which near the limit of the plungers upward stroke is adapted to engage with an eccentrically-set pin it on the feed-disk h and thereby rock the said disk h forward in the line of feed against the tension of the said disks retracting-spring 72,

In virtue of the described construction it will thus be seen that the feed-disk h is mo unted for a rocking motion forward and backward in the line of the strips travel and for sliding motion at right angles to the strip or the plane of its rocking motion. Otherwise stated, the disk h rocks on its carrier 77. and slides with the said carrier 7L2. Normally ,the strong spring 71.8 holds the carrier 7L2 at the limit of its upward movement with the feeddisk 7b in frictional contact with the strip a in opposition to the resistance-roller h as a The plunger f also carries an upstop. The upward movement of the plunger f is limited by one of the adjustable stops 7L4, intercepting the arm 72.3 on the journal of the feed-disk h. The parts are shown in this normal position with the strip a between the roller h, and the feed-disk h in Fig. 1, and the parts are also so shown in their normal position, but without the strip, in Figs. 3, 5, and 5.

The strip a is thus yieldingly clamped under considerable friction from the spring 7L8, between the said parts h and h, during the time that the punch-plunger f makes its downward or punching stroke or during the time that it moves from the position in Figs. 5 and 5" into the position shown in Figs. 6 and 6". The plungerf then strikes thelugs 7L7 on the carrier 7L2 and moves the said carrier downward therewith during the remainder of its stroke or while going from the position shown in Figs. 6 and 6 into the position shown in Figs. 7 and 7; but as soon as the disk h is pulled downward away from its strip-clamping position under the downward movement of the carrier 7L2 the disk-retracting spring 72. becomes instantly operative to rock the disk backward in the line of feed or from the position shown in Figs. 5 and 5 into the position shown in Figs. 7 and 7 Then when the magnet f is de energized and the plunger f is thrown upward by the spring f the stiif spring 71. will become operative to throw the carrier 7L2 upward to its limit, so as to bring the disk It into its normal or strip-clamping position against theresistance-roller 7L before the disk is rocked forward by the arm f of the plunger. As the upstroke of the carrier 7b2 is shorter than the upstroke of the plunger f the latter continues to move after the former stops. Under this continued upward movement of the plunger f the arm f carried thereby will strike the pin 71. on the feed-disk h and rock said feed-disk forward in the line of feed until intercepted by one of the stops it, thereby moving or feeding the strip forward one step. This forward-rockin g motion of the feed-disk 71. does not occur until after the plunger f has moved upward sufficiently far to carry the feed-hole punch f to a point above the strip a, thereby aifording clearance for the free movement of the strip in the feeding action. The downward movement of the carrier 7L2 is limited by the lower wall of the seat h, in which the head of the carrier 7L2 is mounted. The downward movement of the plunger f is or may be limited by the magnet f The rocking motion of the feed-disk h is limited by'the adjustable stops h, intercepting the arm 72. on the disks journal. These stops 72, are formed by finely-threaded screw-bolts, and hence the feed-step may he graduated to a hair. The plunger f and the carrier 7L2 are held from outward displacement in respect to their guideways by crosspieces 9 fixed to the back of the head-block g, which are spaced apart from each other to IIO afford the necessary clearance for the movement of the feed-plunger f, as best shown in Fig. 3. feed-hole punch f, is turned inward and secured to the plunger f between the crosspieces g as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The vertical portion of the punch-carrying slide f is suitably guided in the block g and is ward rocking motion of said feed-disk. This prevents any displacement of the strip and also insures the alinement of the strip in its travel through the strip-guide. If the roller and the disk were in contact with each other during the return motion of the disk, the strip might be fed backward, and if a roller were substituted for the feed-disk h, with a rolling motion in a constant direction, without clearance movement at right angles to the strip, the strip would not run true, but might buckle and sheer in its guideway. This feed mechanism herein shown is a radical improvement over the strip-penetratin g or needle feed disclosed in my pending application hereinbefore identified. It was found in practice that the needle or strip-penetrating feed shown in my pending case would under some circumstances tear the strip or elongate the feed-holes. This was especially true if the action from the type-writer happened to be extremely rapid. With the friction-speed herein disclosed all these difficulties are entirely overcome, and it is found in practice that this feed mechanism will feed the strip with absolute precision without any injury thereto, no difference how rapid may be the action on the type-writer. Hence a perfect representative strip is produced from this machine, with all the holes therein accurately positioned, as is required for the control of the type casting and setting machine thereby. A specimen of this punctured strip is shown in Fig. 8, wherein the marginal holes directly on the cross-lines represent the feedsteps and subsequently cooperate with the feed devices on the type casting and'setting machine, while the holes between the crosslines on said strip represent the elements of the composition as produced by the punches c and cooperative with thrust-pins on the type casting and setting machine for controlling the actions of the same, as fully dis- The slide f, which carries theclosed in my United States Patent No. 530,481 of date December 4, 1894.

For the purposes of this case it is not deemed necessary to give any further explanation as to the way in which the magnets c are controlled from the type-writing machine in order that a bank of twenty punches 0 may make in the strip all the holes required to represent all the elements of any possible composition. These features are all fully set forth in my pending case above identified;

It will be understood, of course, that the invention herein disclosed is capable of modification in construction without departing from the spirit of the invention.

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows 1. In a strip perforator, the combination with a resistance-roller, of a cooperating feeddisk mounted for rocking and sliding motion against retracting-springs, and a reciprocating punch-plunger cooperating with said springs to impart the strip-releasin g and strip-feedin g movements to said feed-disk, substantially as described.

2. In a strip-perforator, the combination with a strip-guide and resistance-roller, of a spring-held disk-carrier sliding substantially at right angles to the strip, a spring-held feeddisk pivoted to said carrier forrocking motion in the line of'feed, and a reciprocating punch-plunger subject to a magnet and a spring, with said plunger arranged to slide said carrier against its retracting-spring and to rock said disk against its retracting-sprin g, at opposite limits of the plungers stroke, substantially as and for the purposes 'set forth.

3. In a strip-perforator, the combination with a strip-guide, of the resistance-roller h,

the rocking feed-disk h, the sliding carrier 72, for said disk, the stop-arm 71 on the journal of said disk and working against one or more adjustable stops h the spring if applied to said disk, the pin h on said disk, the spring it applied to said carrier, the punch-plunger f mounted for a longer stroke than the carrier and engageable therewith at the opposite limits of the plungers stroke, the arm f on the plunger engageable with the pin 71, on the disk, the magnet f and the spring f all arranged and cooperating substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses. 

